[RightWhale]

The problem for Darwin was getting the life process going in the first place. If it can be done in a suitably-equipped lab, well, that should change the nature of the discussion.

[Nebullis]

If it can be done in a suitably-equipped lab, well, that should change the nature of the discussion.

I had that in mind when I posted this article. I even bumped it to the crevo_list. People think of more timely and pressing matters than I do, however!

[MHGinTN]

I am reminded of the story of the great scientist who approached God one day and delivered the sad news that He was no longer needed scnce they had now done something similar to this tweek. God asked them if they were so knowledgeable as to create a universe. There cautious reply was that they were able to do so. God responded by challenging them to do just that. When one scientist bent over to retrieve a couple of handfuls of dirt, to start the process, God cautioned him to 'drop the clay and get his own dirt.'